Contest: Rachel returns to Saratoga

Rachel Alexandra with jockey Calvin Borel in the irons wins the 56th running of the Woodward at the Saratoga Race Course in 2009. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

Update: We have a winner. See comment #43 below.

Share your “Rachel Memory” for a chance to win a pair of reserved grandstand seats when Reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra returns to Saratoga on Sunday, Aug. 29.

Rachel Alexandra thrilled 31,171 horse racing fans by holding off Macho Again by a head to win last year’s Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. She’ll return to the scene of one of her biggest triumphs when she makes her start in the Grade 1, $300,000 Personal Ensign Stakes on Sunday, Aug. 29.

And one lucky commenter will receive a pair of reserved grandstand seats.

How to enter:

Just share your story about Rachel Alexandra. Did you see her run in last year’s Woodward Stakes? Or maybe you watched her win the Preakness Stakes or The Haskell or another race in 2009.

To be eligible, you must provide your actual name in the username field and a valid email address (for winner notification purposes only). Entries must be received by at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25.

The winner can pick up the tickets between 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, or Friday, Aug. 27, at the Times Union, Albany-Shaker Road, Colonie. Employees of the Times Union, NYRA, Saratoga Race Course, Ed Lewi Associates or its subsidiaries are not eligible to win.